Source: Education Images / Getty Old tactics such as redlining and exorbitant, predatory banking fees continue to be among the ways Black people are systemically shut out of entrepreneurship and community building. The dream of owning a home, a business or revitalizing a community is often out of reach for us, no matter how hard…
Black Greek letter organizations known as the National Pan-Hellenic Council consist of nine organizations with differing customs, traditions, and colors but are unified on some core ideals. Membership is revered and held with great pride and protected at all costs, as evinced by all nine organizations’ strict policy about making and wearing paraphernalia bearing the…
I’ve been single for going on seven years now, and the road has been rough. I’m almost 35 years old, and I’m getting pressure from my parents to get married and start having children. My brother’s wife can’t have kids, so the weight of giving my parents grandchildren is falling on my shoulders 100 percent….
A federal grand jury has indicted an Alabama couple for their involvement in a nationwide scam. The two are charged with operating an illegal pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of participants of more than $10 million. LaShonda and Marlon Moore are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. LaShonda and…
A former Arista and Def Jam music executive who accused Russell Simmons of sexual assault has now filed a similar lawsuit against another music mogul. In the complaint filed in a Manhattan Federal District Court on Nov. 8, Drew Dixon, 53, alleges that L.A. Reid twice assaulted her in the early 2000s. According to The New…
Source: Rebecca Sapp / Getty *Trigger Warning: Includes Description of Alleged Abuse and Threats of Suicide* Keke Palmer has reportedly filed for a restraining order against her ex, Darius Jackson. She is also seeking sole custody of their 8-month-old son, Leodis. In court documents filed on Thursday and reviewed by Us Weekly, the 30-year-old entertainer claims…
LeToya Luckett recently revealed what hurt her the most after finding out that she had been replaced on Destiny’s Child. The “Regret” singer joined Destiny’s Child when she was a child herself. The initial quartet, which consisted of her, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and LaTavia Robinson, was managed by Beyoncé’s father, Mathew Knowles. LeToya Luckett…
A Caucasian woman who crashed her Bentley in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on April 21 was shocked to learn her privilege wouldn’t save her from an arrest. Video of the arrest was shared on Reddit on Nov. 9. According to the video, officers from the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department were responding to a call…
Now-former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby speaks about her indictment by a federal grand jury on perjury charges during a press conference on January 14, 2022, in Baltimore, Maryland. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty Baltimore’s former top prosecutor is facing a decade in prison after being found guilty of committing perjury by…
Actress Keke Palmer made headlines earlier this year when she wore a see-through dress to Usher’s Las Vegas residency and seductively danced as he sang to her. It was then that many were introduced to her partner, Darius Jackson, with whom she shares a son, Leodis “Leo” Andrellton. As footage from Palmer’s girls’ night in…
